His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
‘I want to repay you,’ said the nobleman. ‘You saved my son’s life.’
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The gift of giving is something that we all need to practice if we are to live a fulfilled life.
Life is not about getting. It’s about giving.
But the rule of the universe states that as you continue to give you will never go without. You will find yourself the recipient time and again of the giving that others shed abroad upon your lives.
I remember a time, years ago, when I attended a particular church service. It came time for the offering to be taken up. I had $20 in my pocket that was to go towards an unpaid electricity bill. The problem though was that the bill amounted to hundreds of dollars. $20 was not even going to make a dint on that bill. But because I knew the law of giving I gave my last $20 into that offering.
As my wife and I were leaving the building that night, a young man came running up to us and overtook us. Panting for breath he said, ‘You have a need. Whatever it is I’ll pay it.’
The incredible thing is that both my wife and I had not said a word to anyone about our need. Nor did we come to church with our shoulders drooping and a frown on our face.
The very next morning our bill was PAID IN FULL.
The power of giving.
